Undergarment



Dec. 15, 1936. P. s, BLOOM UNDERGARMENT Filed June 22, 1956 Pl /up 6. BLOOM.

Patented Dec. 15, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

The present invention relates to a lady's combination undergarment free from hooks and eyes,snap fasteners, buttons and the like, and more particularly to a combination lower body 5 garment and an upperbody garment, such as a 'brassiere slip, wherein the back of the lower garment section or slip ,portion is provided with an extension which extends upwardly above the upper edge of the slip portion and forms the back section-0f the upper garment section or brassiere. The combinationgarment produces an arrangement whereby a single band of elastic secured to the upper margin of the back extension of the lower garment section has the ends thereofjconnected with the upper rear corners of the upper garment section to afford a combination undergarment wherein the single strip of elastic serves both as a means for resilientlydrawing the upper garment section or k brassiere around the bust of a wearer and also draws the front and sides of the" lower garment section or slip around thebody of a wearer, thereby grouping any fullness of the garment sections in the back of the garment, causing the front and the sides to form-fit the wearer of the combination undergarment.

It ,is an object of this invention to provide a combination ladies undergarment wherein an upper section, such as a 'brassire, is secured to the upper end of a lower section, such, for example, as a slip with the rear upper extension of the back of the slip forming the back of the brassire and terminating in an elastic hem which serves as a common means for the front and the sides of both the brassiere and the slip form-fitting by concentrating the fullness of the garment in the middle portion of the back of the slip.

It is an important object of this-invention 0 to provide an improved ladies combination undergarment, such as stepins, bra'ssiere chemise, brassiere panties or bloomers, or more particularly a brassiere slip, in which the'back of the slip is provided with an extension, the sides of which are secured to the rear ends of the sides of the brassire to form a brassiere back provided on its upper margin 'with' an elastic extending across the upper portion of the back trated in the drawing, and hereinafter more fully 4 sides of the garment to connectup withgthe of the combination undergarment to improve the assum in the specificationand the accompanying drawing. 7 The invention (in preferred forms) is illusdescribed 0n the drawing:

Figure 1 illustrates a fragmentary back per-. spective view of-the upper portion of one of the forms of "an. improved combination undergarment embodying the features of this inventiBn.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary rear perspective View of the upper portion of a modified form of combination undergarment.

As shown on the drawing: v

In the form of the combination undergarment 15 illustrated in Figure 1',- a brassire slip is shown. The slip portion comprises a front panel I and a rear panel 2, with the front panel being wider than the rear panel and extending around the rear panel along the seams 3. The rear panel 2 extends upwardly above the top-margin or edge of the front or body panel 'I- to form an and has the end margin thereof secured by stitching or other suitable means to one side of the back extension 4 of the rear panel 2 'of the slip. The ends of the elastic strap. 5 are secured. to the upper corners of the side extensions 8 of the brassiere sections I. g

As clearly illustrated in Figure 1, it wfll be noted that the-extension 4 of the back panel 2 of the slip forms the back of the brassiere, and

the elastic strap 5 performs the double purpose of .holding the upper margin of the back panel shirred or gathered, and furthermore acts-to cause the brassiere as' well as the slip to be drawn toform-fitvarund the body of a person wearing the garment. e

-' Attached to the upper margins-0f the front sections 1 of the brassire are the front ends of a pair of shoulder straps 9, the rear ends of which are attached to the upper margin of the rear portion of the garment.

, across the front of the garment and around the 5 sides to connect with the sides of the upper extension 4 of the back panel 2 of the slip. Attention is particularly called to the fact that, in this improved type of garment, only one elastic strap is necessary for both the upper and lower sections of the garment, such as the brassiere and the slip, and that the upper extension 4 of the rear panel 2 of the slip also serves as a shirred, plaited or gathered back for the brassiere.

Figure 2 illustrates a modified form of combination undergarment consisting of a slip having a brassiere secured to the upper margin thereof, with a portion of the slip forming a back for the brassire. In this modified form of the device, the reference numeral indicates a front slip panel which extends part way around the sides of the garment and is secured to the side margins of a rear panel H along the seams I2. The middle portion of the upper margin of the back panel H extends upwardly above the top edge of the front panel In and above the edges I3 formed at both sides of the top part of the rear panel H beyond the sides of the extension l4. The upper margin of the back extension l4 may be plaited, shirred or gathered at H: by means of an elastic band or strap l6 sewed or otherwise secured across the upper edge of the back extension [4.

The brassiere section of the undergarment comprises a pair of breast sections I'Iv which extend across the front of the garment,- with each of the breast sections having a side extension l8 which extends around the side of the garment and has the lower edge thereof stitched or otherwise secured to theltop edge of the side portions of the front panel 10 of the slip and to the edges l3 of the rear slip panel H. The ends of the brassiere side sections l8 are sewed or otherwise secured to the side edges of the rear panel extension Hi. The ends of the elastic strap I6 are secured to the upper rear corners of the brassiere side sections l8. Connected to the upper edges of the brassiere sections H are the front ends of a pair of shoulder straps IS, the rear ends of which are secured to the back of the garment.

The improved combination undergarment, while being described as a brassire slip, may, if desired, take the form of stepins, a brassiere chemise, brassiere panties, brassiere bloomers or the like, with all of said various types of undergarments having an extension of the back portion of the lower section of the garment projecting upwardly to form the back of the upper section of the combination undergarment.

It will, of course, be understood that various details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and it is therefore not the purpose to limit the patent granted hereon otherwise than is necessitated by the scope of the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A combination undergarment comprising a slip section, a brassiere section circumferentially seamed to the upper end of the slip section and extending around the front and the sides of the undergarment, an extension formed on the upper end of the back portion of the slip and extending upwardly between the side portions of the brassiere and secured thereto to form a back for the brassiere, and an elastic member secured across the upper margin of the extension on the back portion of the slip to hold said extension shirred, said elastic member having the ends thereof secured to the ends of the side portions of the brassiere and offset vertically above the circumferentially extending seam.

2. A combination undergarment comprising a lower garment consisting of a front panel and a rear panel, said rear panel having an extension extending upwardly above the upper margin of the front panel, an elastic member secured across the upper margin of the rear panel extension, a brassiere consisting of breast sections and side extensions with the breast sections and side extensions secured to 'the upper margin of the front panel of the lower garment, said brassiere having the ends of the side portions thereof secured to the side margins of the rear panel extension and to the ends of the elastic member.

3. A combination undergarment comprising an upper portion formed to define a brassiere having breast sections and side extensions, the rearwardly extending ends of said side extensions being spaced apart to define an' opening between their rear terminal edges, a lower garment depending from said brassiere and having a rear panel portion extending upwardly between the rear terminal edges of the brassire and secured thereto to form a back for the brassiere, and an elastic member secured to the upper edge of the panel extension and to the adjacent upper side margins of the brassire side extensions, whereby the panel extension forming the back of the brassiere is shirred.

' PHILIP S. BLOOM. 

